Central Bank of Nigeria Library

The financial crisis of abolition /

Schulz, John, 1947-

The financial crisis of abolition / John Schulz. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008. - xiv, 193 p.24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Interests of the elite -- The international financial system -- Credit and crises, 1850 to 1875 -- Coffee planters -- Abolition -- The Encilhamento -- Orthodox reaction : the unsuccessful phases -- Stabilization -- Reflections on inflation.

This book shows the economic effects of abolition and the transition to free labour in the nwew Brazilian Republic.

9780300134193 (cloth : alk. paper)

2007046586


Finance--History--Brazil--19th century.
Slaves--Emancipation--Economic aspects--Brazil.

HG185.B7 / S3813 2008

338.5'420981